Culture Test

1.      Society and culture _____.

• Could not exist without each other

• Are unrelated

• Are unrelated

• Could not exist together

Elise travels across Thailand with her friends and, to her surprise, finds the country quite unlike the United States.  “I hate the food,” she tells her family at home. “I hate the language, I hate the weird customs and awful music.  America is clearly the best place to be.”  This is an example of _______.

• Paradigms

• Xenocentrism

• Moral relativism

• Ethnocentrism

1.     A cultural universal is:

• An object or a belonging of a group

• A pattern or trait common to all societies

• The ideas, attitudes, and beliefs of a particular society.

• A written document outlining appropriate behavior.

Which of the following is an example of a cultural universal?

• Some type of religious practice

• Holding hands with your best friend

• A funeral or related practice to those who have died

• Marrying the partner whom your parents have chosen for you

Angelica visits Thailand with her family. When she wears short-shorts and tank tops while visiting a series of temples during her first week, she is met with hostility from the locals. As a result of the event, she has a difficult time speaking to members of her family, and questions her previous approach to style and fashion. Angelica is most likely experiencing _____.

• Globalization

• Culture shock

• Material culture

• Xenocentricism

The term values can be defined as:

• The tenets or convictions that people hold to be true.

• A culture’s standard for discerning what’s good and just in society.

• Scripture found within the Bible

• Federal laws and regulations

The term language can be defined as:

• Gestures, signs, objects, signals, and words that help people understand the world.

• A symbolic system through which people communicate and through which culture is transmitted.

• The exchange of gestures and signals for the purpose of reaching a consensus.

• Communication grounded in ideals, norms, and values.

When TJ inquires what it is, their neighbor explains that its a pumpkin catapult for a competition, and shows TJ dozens of pictures of various national events and tournaments involving hundreds of people. TJ's neighbor is involved in a:

• Counterculture

• Out-group

• Subculture

• Culture

consists of the knowledge, language, values, customs, and physical objects that are passed from generation to generation among members of a group.

• Society

• Groups

• Culture

• Beliefs

type of culture that deals with physical objects such as cars, phones, etc…

• non-material culture

• social culture

• mores

• material culture